River of Words - Media Center

"I have seen River of Words transform a class of disengaged students into a group excited to learn about the environment and art. This program shapes the physical and personal environment of everyone who participates!"

— Jilian Hishaw, Missouri Regional Coordinator

Media center

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A sampling of recent coverage:

April 22, 2010
Examiner.com
River of Words announces the winners of annual environmental poetry and art contest at an awards ceremony held at the San Francisco Library. (Includes slideshow.)

April 7, 2010
Los Alamos (New Mexico) Monitor
Los Alamos Middle School student Ethan Clements, finalist in 15th annual River of Words environmental poetry and art contest.

Spring 2010
Motherhood Muse
Volume 1, Issue 2, Page 31
“Unseen Secrets,” by Quinn Whitlow, age 7 Grand prize winner, River of Words 2009 contest

April 28, 2008
Publishers Weekly
Starred review for “River of Words: Young Poets and Artists on the Nature of Things”